Getting Organized: Modern Knowledge Management for Researchers / 26-7-GO-1

Content

Articles, videos, podcasts, conversations - everywhere, you can find potentially relevant ideas, information, and insights for your own research. This hands-on workshop teaches techniques, tools, and workflows to manage this abundance of information productively. In the first part, we explore methods to enhance time management when searching for new information and creating notes. The second part offers a practical introduction to tools and workflows that assist us in efficiently storing various content and retrieving it quickly when needed. The focus is on the open-source literature management program Zotero and the free knowledge management software Obsidian. We will explain basic functions and relevant terminology, but also cover extensions, advanced settings, and efficient workflows. By the end of the workshop, all participants will have a functioning knowledge management system and will be able to adapt and expand it according to their subject-specific needs.

No technical background knowledge is assumed. However, participants should be able / have the rights to install new software on their system.
(Please bring your own laptop if the workshop is offered on-site.)

The following content will be covered:

   • Knowledge management: Fundamental methods
   • Tools for efficiently saving different media content
   • Zotero: Basic functions, plugins, advanced settings and workflows
   • Obsidian: Basic functions, plugins, advanced settings and workflows

 

Participation

Doctoral researchers (all disciplines) of the Berlin University Alliance.

Before booking a workshop: please make sure that you can attend for the entire duration to receive a certificate. Check our terms and conditions.

• Need to cancel your participation? : possible up to 14 days in advance
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Further Information 

Doctoral programs calculate credit points based on the number of work units earned through workshop participation.
Each work unit represents 45 minutes of workshop time, and 8 work units equal 0.5 credit points.
For mini workshops (less than 8 work units), credits are calculated proportionally based on the work units.
Please note: To be eligible for credit transfer, you must accumulate enough work units from short workshops.
For example, attending two 3-hour workshops results in 8 work units (2 workshops x 4 work units each), which equals 0.5 credits.

 

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Workshops free of charge at the BUA partner institutions: Graduate Studies Support Program.